17th JANUARY 2018 at 7pm
A talk by Martin Conlan (UK)
Martin Conlan is an acknowledged expert in the textile arts and crafts of Chinese tribal minorities. He has been researching and buying traditional textiles from Southwest China for over 30 years, since the region opened up to outsiders. He is the owner of the business Slow Loris which specialises in textiles from S and SW China, trading in indigo and vegetable-dyed antique textiles and beautifully cut modern oriental clothing in indigo and natural vegetable-dyed materials.